The major themes of Moore's work center around the trials of contemporary existence-love, loss, loneliness-and often reveal profound psychological implications. As Vince Passaro pointed out in
Mirabella (February 1992): "Certain themes and situations recur: Moore tends toward heroines in their child bearing years, often enduring an erosion of physical health, loneliness, and an exasperation at men and men's stupid vanities." Often her characters operate in settings that isolate them, whether in an urban center or tucked away in a monotonous suburb. The vast majority of her protagonists are female, and thus her stories wrestle with issues that are particularly poignant for contemporary women: divorce, love affairs, motherhood, and illness. Throughout her work sadness exists in a tense duality with humor, each offsetting and intensifying the other. Her minimalist prose explodes with intensity; the empty spaces of the plot resonate with expression.
Lorrie Moore was born Marie Lorena Moore on 13 January 1957, in Glens Falls, New York. Both her father, Henry T. Moore Jr., an insurance company executive who came from a family of academics, and her mother, Jeanne (Day) Moore, a former nurse, were avid readers of nonfiction.
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